Thank you David.

Hi Tony and David, thanks forall your help and comments. I have sent an email to you David regarding your comments on the shortfall. I will be great for me to know abt it and work on it. Please do chk your mail. This is a critical work for me in 2023 and I intend to achieive it. Your support in earl...

Thanks David. Sorry could not reply to you at the earliest as I am on constant travel in remote places looking for wildlife in general. Not much network there and can come only when I am in town areas. I will keep posting now as I can travel freely like before.

rgds,
Sonam

Hi all,

These pics are of Bhutanitis ludlowi from Eastern Bhutan.

rgds,
Sonam Dorji

Hi all, Have been away for a long time due to covid and got little distracted with other works. Now that covid is becoming a bit of history, movements around the country is free. On the hindside, I have been also in the fields and chasing some butterflies here in my country whenever time permitted ...

Just when you think you've seen the whole range.... ...along comes something else from this conveyor-belt of beauty. Those are really unusual looking butterflies, Sonam; in fact, the bodies appear more like moths. The Orange Stripe Awlet is the pick - stunning! Thanks David. The Awls are Awlets are...

That Common Blue Apollo is absolutely stunning, Sonam, as are the Bhutan Glory & Yellow Gorgon. You seem to come up with magical stuff every time you post. :mrgreen: Hi David, Thanks for the compliments. I also like to Common Blue Apollo and it is normally seen above 2700 masl in Bhutan. Here a...

Hi David,

The wet season starts from June and ends in Oct. But somehow the weather has become erratic here and is defficult to say so. However, Mid June and August end, the rain seems to be heavy but again these are best months for butterflies as well!!!

rgds,
Sonam

Hello Sonam, I have just finished looking at all the glorious butterflies in your diary and what a journey it has been :D Every new post has my 'new' favorite and I cannot comprehend 750 different species. I am yet to see all 59 we have here (this is my best year to date with 38 seen) and I think t...

Hi Tony, Thanks for the kind words that you have put in for me and my country. We just had two days otherwise we could have gone further down and encountered more butterflies. July is a good season but rain does play a havoc!!! As for food, I do agree. Being a mountainous country, not much food vari...

You always turn up something surprising, Sonam. :) That Great Spotted Blue is very striking indeed. The Comma is obviously more familiar, though it is visibly different to the ones we see in the UK, especially the thick, dark borders to the wings. Hi David, sorry for the late reply. Was in the fiel...

It definitely is. As for the records, Many species (abt 735) has been recorded so far. Expected is 1000 by Japanese Researchers who have worked in Bhutan immensely. I guess not all locations were explored and I tend to go to places where there are not much trace of work done. Of course, not many na...

Jack Harrison wrote:Look after your country Sonam – it’s beautiful. Sadly no one seems to be looking after ours at the moment.

Jack

Thanks Jack. But i think you should not loose much hope as well. Things will turn out for good at the end. But please do take care of urself.

Rgds,
Sonam

..Thanks David. Some more pics. from the trip. Lucky to encounter with the Moore's Cupid (Shijimia moorei) which is a confirmed new record for Bhutan. No surprise that I like my eponymous little butterfly...it's a cracker, isn't it? Great that you're getting new records for Bhutan, Sonam. Is that b...

Hi Jack,

Sorry to hear about Large White ruining you plants. Hope it goes as per your planning. Do keep posting. Would love to see plenty of Orange tips on your doorsteps!!

rgds
,Sonam

Wow. Those are breathtaking landscapes, Sonam. You really are blessed in your mountain kingdom. Thanks David. Some more pics. from the trip. Lucky to encounter with the Moore's Cupid (Shijimia moorei) which is a confirmed new record for Bhutan. Got another new record for Bhutan but the pic is not s...

Would love to see the peacock!!

Every time you post a line-up of species I am bowled over, Sonam. Difficult to pick a favourite but that Commander is certainly very eye-catching. Thanks David. The commander is fairly common but yes it is also a beautiful one, both the UP and UN side. Attaching here some sceneries and people faces...

Thanks for resuming your postings. Not only are they first class pictures of lovely butterflies (but our own Peacock is as impressive a match for any of them!) but it is so pleasing to learn how your government has such a positive attitude to conservation. Jack Hi Jack, Nice to hear from you. Hope ...

Your images from your home country make even the best parts of Europe seem tame by comparison, Sonam. Bhutan has to be right up there in terms of unspoiled habitat. Thanks David M. for such lovely words. Our government does try to maintain the pristine forests but there are challenges as well. I'm ...